Research On Design Of Walker Products For Rural Device-Aided Elderly

With the support of the state for the development and construction of new rural areas,the living standard of the rural areas has been improved and the infrastructure construction in rural areas has been improved. Based on the background of the new rural construction, the rural elderly in the middle level occupy a large proportion in the elderly population, which has aroused the attention of the design community. The designed products are designed to meet their needs, help them to live well, improve their happiness index, and achieve social harmony.After the research whether the special group of rural device-aided elderly needs the suitable walker products, it is concluded that there is a strong demand for the walker products suitable for their own physical and mental characteristics and behavior features.However, the products specially designed for the rural elderly in our country are in great short. There is a huge gap between the lack of walker products in the market and the strong need for suitable walker products of the elderly and their children. The academic research on the elderly is very mature in China and abroad, but there is little study on the special large group of rural elderly. Therefore, the research of this topic is social and practical.In order to make a more comprehensive analysis of this topic, the writing and research of this paper use a variety of research methods, including research method of elderly psychology, observation method, investigation method, case method and so on. In addition,questionnaire survey method, analysis and induction method and document analysis methodare also applied comprehensively.Through the existing aid product market and user research, combined with the method of design, ergonomics, materials science, psychology and other theories, will consider the product function, structure, shape, material, color and other aspects, and then complete the rural referral to help to help the elderly for product design. Due to the special nature of all objects,explores the design methods and design principles of rural referral to help to help the elderly of the product line, and the application of barrier free design in the design practice, and then make the referral to help the elderly in rural areas and design products meet the old people's psychological, physiological and life characteristics of the elderly the psychological pleasure and simple operation so as to improve the quality of life of the elderly.